Definition of Responsible
Responsible
Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.
Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office.
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Responsible Quotations
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Albert Einstein
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
Winston Churchill
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
Ronald Reagan
Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.
Thomas Jefferson
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
C. S. Lewis
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
Theodore Roosevelt
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
Voltaire
In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.
Barack Obama
You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right?
Barack Obama
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Responsible Translations
responsible in Afrikaans is verantwoordelik, aanspreeklik
responsible in Danish is ansvarlig
responsible in Dutch is verantwoordelijk, aansprakelijk
responsible in French is responsable
responsible in Italian is responsabile
responsible in Spanish is responsable
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